This Sunday’s edition of the New York Times Magazine features an extensive article by Sara Corbett, which looks at art and artists in Second Life, profiling Filthy Fluno and also featuring several other artists, including AM Radio and DanCoyote Antonelli. You can read it online now here: Portrait of an Artist as an Avatar.

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Filthy Fluno (courtesy of himself)

As a creative platform, Second Life is such a natural fit for art and artists, and it’s really wonderful to see the magazine take a focused look at how such talented artists are using Second Life to explore, create and promote their work. It’s clear that the time the journalist spent with Filthy, AM and others helped her to realize the possibilities for creativity inworld, the power of Second Life as an artistic and communication medium, and the very real personal connections that can develop in the virtual world. Hopefully, this article will make that evident to even more people and will encourage current and future Residents to check out the vibrant arts scene in Second Life.

Additionally, tomorrow’s broadcast of NPR’s Weekend Edition Saturday will feature Dr. Michael DeMers, a geography professor at New Mexico State University, who will talk about how he’s using Second Life as a part of his class. NPR has blogged about the upcoming segment here, with the video of host Scott Simon looking for coffee inworld that Catherine recently blogged about (also below). You can find the broadcast schedule for the show on NPR’s website here (here in San Francisco, it’s slated to air on KQED 88.5AM between 7am and 7:30am PT).

NPR’s Scott Simon Looks for Coffee in Second Life (from NPR’s YouTube channel)

Original post by communities@secondlife.com